#39 - George Thomas Picking: The Silent Killer
Murder Mile UK True Crime
Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast
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🗓️ 16 August 2018
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
George Thomas Pickering – The Silent Killer: on Monday 8th October 1963, in the first floor flat of 12 Brewer Street in Soho, W1, a hard-working husband and doting father-of three, brutally murdered a Soho prostitute called Rosa O’Neill. And yet, why he killed her remains the real mystery.
- Date: Monday 8th October 1963
- Location: 12 Brewer Street, Soho, London, W1
- Victims: 1 (Rosa O'Neill)
- Culprit: George Thomas PIckering
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| 0:57.6 | untold, unsolved and long forgotten murders, all set within one square mile of the West End. |
| 1:07.0 | Today's episode is about George Thomas Pickering, a hardworking husband and doting father of three, who was the |
| 1:17.3 | epitome of a Jekyll and Hyde character, and whose mania led him to brutally slay a so-ho sex worker called Rosa O'Neill. |
| 1:28.3 | And yet why he killed her remains the real mystery. |
| 1:34.0 | Murder Mile contains upsetting details which may cause the easily startled to spew |
| 1:40.0 | as well as realistic sounds so that no matter where you listen to this podcast you |
| 1:46.7 | feel like you're actually there. My name is Michael I am your tour guide. This is Murder Mile. |
| 1:57.0 | Episode 39, George Thomas Pickering, the Silent Killer. |
| 2:04.0 | Today I'm standing on Brewer. |
| 2:07.0 | Today, I'm standing on Brewer Street in Soho W1. |
| 2:17.0 | One road north of the White Horse Public House, |
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